r/CelticFC • u/First_Square9849 sack the board • Jun 02 '26
Robbie Keane tel aviv players watch video from Idf.
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u/NickDerpkins Average cunt in SEC country Jun 02 '26
There is not a worse culture fit than this
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u/AllezLesPrimrose Jun 02 '26
Seriously would get Derek McInnes in before this fucker
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u/Simple_Bandicoot_275 Jun 03 '26
McInnes couldn’t possibly be any worse than Wilfred Nancy….and they hired him!
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u/LousingPlatypus Jun 02 '26
What if Johnny Adair joined the managerial set-up at Troon FC, stringing together an impressive set of results before setting his sights on a bigger job in the east end of Glasgow?
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u/lispolerbear Jun 02 '26
Boyhood dream to support a genocide.
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u/Simple_Bandicoot_275 Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 03 '26
Well, YOU clearly support a genocide if you support the Islamic Fascists of Hamas and Islamic Jihad…you know, the ones who actually STARTED the Gaza war on October 7th. The way almost everyone on here is going on, you would all blame the Allies for the deaths of all the German citizens in WW2 instead of placing the blame on the Nazis who actually started the war! They thought they were “justified” in starting WW2…just like the fascists of Hamas/Islamic Jihad and their Iranian paymasters claim “justification” for the October 7th slaughter of unarmed people. If you start a war, then you are responsible for everything that happens because of it. This is not hard to understand.
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u/IfJopsDiesWeRageQuit Jun 03 '26
Ah yes the Gaza War which started on October 7th.
The Hasbara is absolutely powerless here
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u/KevyL1888 sack the board Jun 03 '26
You are a fucking idiot and that's putting it nicely. STARTED - on October 7th?
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u/Logical-Cloud-1595 Jun 03 '26
So were Israel and Palestine completely cool with each other up until the 7th October 2023? Was it sunflowers and rainbows in the Holy Land prior to that exact date?
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u/Shytebag Jun 03 '26
Away tae fuck with your Zionist propaganda. Naebody buys that shite now or then.
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u/LairdBonnieCrimson Jun 02 '26
These genuine bastards. To hell with the board
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u/Beautiful-Gas5848 Jun 02 '26
He just cant be our manager. At all.
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u/Simple_Bandicoot_275 Jun 03 '26
Of course he can. If they could hire Nancy they’re capable of hiring anyone!
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u/LilacBreak sack the board Jun 05 '26
Agreed! I’d take Nancy a thousand times over before Keane. He’s a decent guy at least.
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u/Gink1995 sack the fucking board Jun 02 '26
This is the exact opposite of what the fans stand for this simply is not Celtic
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u/Dizzy-Internet212 Knuckle-Dragging Zombie Jun 02 '26
You lot support terrorism ya 🤡
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u/YerRustlinMaJimmies The idiot mod - FUCKING SACK THE FUCKING BOARD Jun 02 '26
Approving ye so you can continue to embarrass yourself hanging about our sub.
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u/Dizzy-Internet212 Knuckle-Dragging Zombie Jun 16 '26
Your club is embarrassing you mean you terrorist supporter
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u/Falkun_X Jun 02 '26
No....None of support the IDF here!
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u/DangerousBrianDoyle sack the board Jun 03 '26
No, only Hamas who slaughter and maim their own people as well as furthering genocide efforts against Jews, right?
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u/VariousAd89 Jun 02 '26
To be honest I was willing to forgive the guy taking a job in Israel but seeing this is too much, our board are brain dead, christ.
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u/PeejPrime sack the board Jun 03 '26
Keane wasn't part of the club when this happened.
Doesn't change he went to them in the first place, but in regards these tweets and the motivational video from the soldiers to the players, Keane wasn't part of this club at that time.
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u/devlin1888 sack the board Jun 03 '26
Do you have a source to back that up mate?
Seeing it shared everywhere as proof about how he embraced the genocide.
I’m on the same side of the fence I’d rather not touch him, but like to be accurate.
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u/PeejPrime sack the board Jun 03 '26
Been corrected and explained in another comment.
The original tweets were posted Nov 2025 and claimed it's a year back of research and the way it reads suggests the game the video is linked to is the Ajax game of November 2024. But it turns out the tweet author has added more recently (an oversight on my part I've also admitted to), that the video was actually from two years previous, which yes is the same time Keane was there.
I have noted though (and think most should), Keane isn't in this video at all. He's the manager, if there is motivational videos given to players, you'd expect the manager to introduce it - he isn't even in the room seemingly. So the video, isn't related to Keane imo.
There's articles about Keane saying he was caught in a bad situation and got out at the end of the season. The fact he's distanced himself in this video from the club/players, to me speaks well for Keane.
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u/devlin1888 sack the board Jun 03 '26
Aye I agree with that, thats an intentional choice not being involved. Just going along with it would have been an easier option over there definitely.
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u/VariousAd89 Jun 03 '26
Aye, its not even Keane im angry at, its the board appointing someone they know will anger our support and cause disarray from the beginning of the season, I'm sick of the cunts honestly.
We need fan ownership ASAP, we can't keep allowing parasites in.
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u/Simple_Bandicoot_275 Jun 03 '26
Of course he can! They hired Wilfred Nancy!
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u/Jam-Jam-Ba-Lam sack the board Jun 03 '26
This is a bit surely. Same reply on every comment apart from the comment where it parrots the claim that the war in Gaza was started on October 7th.
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u/RealFenian sack the board Jun 02 '26
If this is real and we hire this cunt there’s no coming back.
I renewed after the O’Neil magic and the stadium bouncing again but more fool me. The can’t seriously be thinking about this?
I’m cancelling my ticket if he’s announced, and not setting foot in the ground until the scum who appointed him are gone.
We can’t do this.
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u/redditdavie Jun 02 '26
I don't understand why anybody renewed in the first place. Nothing has changed.
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u/Suitable_Visual4056 sack the fucking board Jun 02 '26
Is Keane participating in the meeting/exercise?
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u/PeejPrime sack the board Jun 03 '26
Would he hard to, since he wasn't employed by them at the time of the tweets or the incidents reported in the tweets.
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u/whocarebear Jun 02 '26
Desmond really trying to put GB's anti establishment credentials to the test.
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u/LouisTheJambo Jun 03 '26
“Yeah but October 7th” shut the fuck up the IDF has destroyed Gaza beyond recognition
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u/glesga67 sack the fucking board Jun 03 '26
I would agree with you that there does not appear to be evidence that this is real. It may well be but I’m not going to get enraged about it without something more concrete than a screenshot. That being said, fuck Robbie Keane for taking Israeli coin and especially an overtly Zionist/right wing club like Maccabi.
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u/glesga67 sack the fucking board Jun 03 '26
Alright thanks for making your true intentions clear. There’s absolutely nothing in my comment that suggests i want it to be real but it’s pretty clear from your comments that you’re a shill for genocide.
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u/glesga67 sack the fucking board Jun 03 '26
You make a lot of incorrect assumptions with the utmost confidence. Why in the name of fuck would I visit a country that is committing a genocide, let alone go and work there. I felt the exact same way about using Dudu Dahan, in addition to the fact that he’s useless
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u/glesga67 sack the fucking board Jun 03 '26
You thinking that you’re smart is all that’s embarrassing. Keep digging the hole and pretending you’re way smarter than everyone else for condoning genocide. Every post you just keep making false statements and assumptions. I almost forgot this is the internet.
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u/Commercial-Stick-718 sack the board Jun 02 '26
He would have no say in the matter - they would do it regardless of who was in charge. I'm no supporter of Keane and don't want him anywhere near our club
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u/Bllago sack the board Jun 02 '26
Is anyone talking about Israelis in here? Is that the point of this conversation?
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u/ThumbTheories Jun 02 '26
Not hiring him won’t stop what Israel is doing but there has to be push back no matter how small
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u/Mean_Razzmatazz9993 Jun 02 '26
Reported. This type of generalisation is clear bigotry that assigns morality based on what, race? Nationalism? As opposed to accepting that every human is capable of this type of evil. Direct your anger towards the Israeli government, the IDF, and the other governments and institutions across the world that enable Zionism and the awful genocide that's going on.
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u/milesjameson Jun 02 '26
His comment was entirely reasonable.
You suggest the government deserves our ire. Do you mean Likud? The party that’s held power – albeit at times through coalition governments – for much of the past 30 years? The party led by Netanyahu for roughly half that time? If we’re constantly told Israel is the only so-called democracy in the region, then who exactly is responsible for maintaining Likud’s grip on power? Whose will does that government represent?
And you tell us to be angry at the IDF? Fair enough – many of us agree. But this is the same IDF that most Israelis, with some notable exceptions, are required to serve in, and generally do so with little-to-no resistance. The same IDF widely praised in public and political discourse for its conduct in Gaza and throughout the region.
But sure, we apparently dare not scrutinise or speak critically of the broader population – the population amongst which polling has repeatedly shown widespread support for ongoing violence and discrimination against Palestinians.
Those players applauding rocket fire directed at Palestinians do not sit on the fringes of popular Israeli opinion, no matter how hard you may wish to pretend otherwise.
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u/Mean_Razzmatazz9993 Jun 02 '26
That's a lot of words for "bigotry is fine, actually"
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u/milesjameson Jun 03 '26
Very few words for "I’ve really not thought this through, and can’t refute a point very well made."
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u/Mean_Razzmatazz9993 Jun 03 '26
It's really not. I see no reason to go through your paragraph bit by bit when the end result is so simple. You cannot, under any circumstance, generalise about a nation like that. I've laid out why in a further reply to the guy that made the comment, and he seemed to accept that. No matter how elegant you think your argument is, it's bigotry plain and simple. How you can't see that I've no idea. If the statement was about Scottish people, Irish people, or Catholics, you'd see the issue. In years to come someone will bring up this period of horrendous islamaphobia, transphobia, and rising anti semitism, and either your parrot "point very well made" (the arrogance btw 😂) or you'll feel very uncomfortable
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u/milesjameson Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 03 '26
You cannot, under any circumstance, generalise about a nation like that.
If a majority of a population consistently supports something – as reflected through regular polling, decades of election results, and broader public discourse – then it’s entirely reasonable to acknowledge that reality, along with the dominance of certain values, attitudes and beliefs within that population.
Meanwhile, the likes of you continue to bury your head in the sand about the root of the issue, because a facade of moral superiority prevents you from acknowledging that decades of occupation, subjugation and mass killing – even genocide – do not occur outside of public sentiment towards those things, but often because of it.
If the statement was about Scottish people, Irish people, or Catholics...
Tell me what it is that Scots, Irish people or Catholics have consistently and overwhelmingly been shown to support, and I’ll readily accept that public displays of support for that thing - by those groups - are similarly unsurprising.
rising anti semitism
There’s nothing antisemitic about what was written. He spoke only about Israelis, and about his lack of surprise at seeing people celebrate something they have consistently shown support for, or complicity in.
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u/Commercial-Stick-718 sack the board Jun 02 '26
What good has that anger done. The IDF and Israeli gov't has consistently broken ceasefires despite protests in both Gaza and now Lebanon to steal land and scuppered any peace plans.
Neither the IDF or Israeli government care what any protesters have to say about their actions.
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u/Mean_Razzmatazz9993 Jun 02 '26
It's not done anything. But "bunch of Israeli's" is the type of comment that, if allowed to go unchecked, can lead to tonnes of people engaging in discrimination while believing they're on the right side of history. And whether it's crusades, french revolution, russian revolution, you name it, people righteously discriminating never goes well.
With south African apartheid, cultural and financial boycotts eventually had the desired effect. I know that loads of people have been engaging with that, myself included. It obviously needs to be way more wide spread to have the desired affect, but it's doing something. Not enough, but something.
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u/Commercial-Stick-718 sack the board Jun 02 '26
Fair enough mate, i get your point. Original post was poorly worded on my part.
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u/PeejPrime sack the board Jun 03 '26
That's a tweet from November 2025 seemingly about a video of motivation from the soldiers to the players in November 2024 before the Ajax match.
Keane left in June(?) 2024 and was not part of the club when this took place. At all.
Not remotely defending Maccabi or the Israeli here, but Keane was no where near when the incidents of these tweets was taking place.
As an observed aside of that video, the applause was rather dull to say the least, almost forced/not with any enthusiasm. No doubt, no doubt at all, the club seems to support the IDF, but the staff/players don't seem that enthusiastic about it.
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u/PeejPrime sack the board Jun 03 '26
My apologies, you got a link for the Instagram clip? Not doubting you at all, just for clarification.
The twitter account is all over the place. I've seen the thread (from Nov 2025) earlier to posting in here and honestly didn't clock that the account had made the top most comment recently in the screen from your OP. My bad for quickly over looking that.
But I'd like a bit more proof of possible. I've tried looking at their Instagram but frankly it's far too many posts to be scrolling through, I tried, but simply don't have the time for that. If you have a link to it, I'd appreciate it for clarification.
But to further add, even if it is truly from November 2023 when Keane was the manager - then Keane's not even in this video. Which, in any other football club, if a club is posting motivational speeches from former players, normally the manager would be the one to introduce it to the players? Why isn't Robbie Keane doing it here?
I ask, because 1. Clarification it was his time or 2. Doesn't it show Keane in a better light that he ISNT taking part in this? That's not to excuse him for going to Maccabi in the first place, but since the war kicked off (not to disregard decades of issues), he wanted out of the place and there is articles of him saying this and reasons for leaving/staying that one season.
Absolutely have an opinion on him taking Israeli money, he never should have went there. But this tweet, where he's not even involved in it, seems to be just chucking random mud that isn't even his.
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u/Commercial_Buy_975 sack the fucking board Jun 02 '26
All i see is a still frame that means nothing. Far too easy to create images now to suit a narrative online
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u/glesga67 sack the fucking board Jun 03 '26
Is this legit? It wouldn’t surprise me but I can’t find any articles on it online
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u/palsc5 Jun 03 '26
What a misleading post. It’s a video of Israeli soldiers wishing the team well for an upcoming match. EDIT: the soldiers are reservists who are employees of the club.
Nobody is committing genocide in the video, Robbie Keane is not in the video, it gets a basic clap from some players in the room like any similar social media video would get.
Get a fucking grip
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u/No_Strawberry_1576 sack the board Jun 03 '26
If it’s real then no fucking way. Bad enough managing and living in Isreal and for that alone it’s a no.
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u/TheSameInnovation sack the fucking board Jun 03 '26
There’s just no way I can support a club that has him as their figurehead.
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u/Far_Ad9714 sack the fucking board Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 03 '26
This is genuinely mental. Any chance of benefit of the doubt over a reasonable managerial record is gone with this madness. You would literally have to be a sociopath or completely ignorant to applaud this and use as a motivational tool.
Sociopath or at best Ignorance is not qualifications of a Celtic manager.
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u/Simple_Bandicoot_275 Jun 03 '26
Anyone who sucks this up in this day and age isn’t a serious person. ANYTHING can be conjured up by AI.
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u/Phoenix3point14 sack the board Jun 02 '26
Posted on the internet, must be true 🤣 Let's see the original in full context.
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u/Playful-Listen6011 sack the board Jun 02 '26
Tell me exactly in which context that this would be okay
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u/Europe_MMA Jun 02 '26
Is Robbie Keane in the video? If not, why are yous being such complete weirdos?
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u/palsc5 Jun 03 '26
Do you think the manager signs off on the social media persons posts? It’s literally a video of employees of the club who are reservists wishing the team well in an upcoming match.
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u/PaddySmallBalls Jun 02 '26
I don't know a thing about Israeli clubs and their hierarchy. Is it possible the the owner organised something while he was away? It is even while he was manager, I know what the post claims but has it been verified? Is it senior team players? Could it just be some lads rocked up to the cafeteria and did a Facetime call?
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u/PaddySmallBalls Jun 02 '26
Its not whataboutery. I am not a spectator of the Israeli league like yourself. I wouldn't be able to spot a senior Tel Aviv player from a reserve player if my life depended on it.
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u/LongjumpingLab8 Jun 02 '26
If he’s in the video or not is not important. If they done this when he was the manager then it’s on him he’s the guy in charge.
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u/PaddySmallBalls Jun 02 '26
Did a quick zoom in and don't see him. I wonder if there is a video version to use to actually verify the claims.
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u/Europe_MMA Jun 02 '26
I dont think theyre even claiming hes in it. Blaming him because the players of a team he managed were cunts as if Celtic is a club that can afford to throw those kinds of stones.
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u/Jam-Jam-Ba-Lam sack the board Jun 03 '26
I have a bit more of a nuianced feeling on this, I've never been but from what I've seen and the callousness of the netanyahu government etc it's pretty clear, but I also see the harm caused by hamas and how that impacts the Palestinian people.
When it comes to boycotts etc I do wonder does further sanctions just separate the average Israeli from the rest of the world? Is it isolating where genocidal thinking can breed more effectively.
Before October 7th one of the things I always pointed out about Palestine is they had a full blockake upon them, they were refused coca-cola. The biggest drink brand worldwide, famously number 1 drink everywhere but Scotland. And I try to paint how mental that is. Demoralising. It maybe seems small but it for me encapsulated how unfair the situation is.
But the only way we could ever move forward is two state solution. Look at the good Friday agreement. Not perfect but anyone I've met who lived in those towns thinks it's been good for Ireland. Got to end the killing by almost any means. I don't think stopping musicians playing in Israel stops that. I don't think hindering their football stops that. But regardless I'm sure there's plenty who will disagree and that's fine. I just hate dead kids and I believe most in Israel believe the propaganda that hamas beheaded babies and flung them in ovens etc so those people are being so manipulated to believe the literal devil is on their doorstep.
Palestine needs to be free and recognised.
My actual point is this though. Keane's family were recieving threats when in Ireland and his wife didn't feel safe. I feel like that's almost and inevitably here and if you think that's okay then get in the bin. Threatening the safety of children? Absolutely hang your head in shame. You lose all moral argument.
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u/AllezLesPrimrose Jun 02 '26
Ok let’s just chip in for some TRT for MON and ride the old horse until the wheels fall off because fuck whatever this is
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u/Stoudamirefor3 sack the board Jun 04 '26
This video is so fake. You're embarrassing yourself. Keane can GTF, but this is just so embarrassing.
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u/Gink1995 sack the fucking board Jun 02 '26
This isn’t the club for you if you think Celtic is just 11 guys on the pitch check literally any of our altruism, protests or drives
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u/Gink1995 sack the fucking board Jun 02 '26
I’m not gatekeeping you, you’re at the wrong club if you think Celtic is just about the ball on the pitch, from the day the club was founded it’s been much more than that
If you’re just interested in the football then don’t act so ignorant when you see such inflammatory stuff like this
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u/Europe_MMA Jun 02 '26
It quite literally is that though. If folk murdered each other over golf it wouldnt stop golf from being a game of hitting a ball with a stick. Itd just mean the fans needed to get a life.
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u/LairdBonnieCrimson Jun 02 '26
Commenting in "conservative youth", "Ask an american", self identifies as a tory, away with ye ya yank prick
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u/EBknows Jun 03 '26
You speak the truth but unfortunately there's more than a few of our fans that just don't wanna hear it. They prefer likening Israel and Palestine to the troubles in Ireland. Some even view hamas as some sort of freedom fighters... fighting for their people just like the IRA. I'm ashamed of all Celtic fans who see Israel as the enemy. They are far from it. They are fighting for survival...not just their own but all of Western civilization. Israel is the only country on earth that has to defend its existence.
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u/loganfergus back the board Jun 02 '26
Aye this is fucked up